The telecom giants already preparing 5G - Le Figaro

4G, mobile broadband Internet is not yet deployed throughout the French territory as the sector prepares kick after.

telecom industry are long term. The deployment phase of the 4G mobile broadband Internet, is just beginning as the major sectors are already preparing the next generation 5G. For what? Specialists have examined the issue Wednesday and Thursday in Montpellier, in the annual conference of IDATE (Institute of broadcasting and telecommunications in Europe).

is preparing for an explosion of mobile usage. However, issues of mobile data transmissions go well beyond the ability to quickly download a YouTube video on his smartphone. At the end of 2019, there will be ten times more data traffic today in mature countries on mobile devices, but also 50 billion connected objects according to the Swedish Ericsson telecom supplier.

connected objects, as well as for monitoring of electrical networks, monitoring of homes, to telemedicine, will therefore multiply, creating still more needs mobile data transmissions and needs to communicate these devices therebetween. More generally, all applications that rely on use of the cloud (data storage on the Internet) will need to have fast and reliable access to data remotely.

It will therefore be able to respond quickly and reliably to applications such as health, for the transmission of medical records, but also the realization of remote operations, monitoring patients at home, education or transport. Automakers and working on cars completely connected and able to stand alone.

“We started talking about 5G there a year,” says Viktor Arvidsson, Chief Strategy and Marketing Ericsson. The Swedish group is head of the queue Metis consortium, which includes 29 industry players, including Nokia (NSN), Orange, Huawei, Telefonica, DoCoMo, Deutsche Telekom and BMW. Its purpose is to define such a single international standard for 5G in 2020 and has five targets

Thus, the 5G will thus support thousand times more mobile data volumes today and connect ten to 100 times more terminals today, especially for the needs of the Internet of Things . She will be accompanied by an increase in rates of 10 to 100 times, to reach a gigabyte per second or a little more, against 150 megabits per second currently “peak” (in optimal use), while not dividing five latency (waiting time to download a page).

parallel, manufacturers will be able to multiply by ten the life of the terminal, which is particularly important for connected objects. To achieve this, several avenues are being explored, improved batteries how the object communicates that must consume the least energy possible.

If these goals seem far, investments promise to be huge soon. The Metis project is currently has 27 million budget. The Chinese manufacturer Huawei, meanwhile, has already announced that it would spend $ 600 million to the development of 5G 2018.